Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. with rack in highest position. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and spread on a cookie sheet or on a shallow roasting pan. (Do in two batches if your pan is too small.) Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, just until mixture starts to smell good. Take care not to burn it. Cool completely. Store in a covered container in refrigerator. Makes 5 cups; about 8 servings. LASAGNA

`Until I discovered no-boil lasagna noodles I hated to make lasagna,' Lora Brody writes. `Since I loved to eat it, however, I forced myself to fish those slippery suckers out of the boiling water, transfer them to paper towels to drain, and then wrestle them into the baking dish. Those travails are a thing of the past' with the Shade Pasta company's No-Boil Lasagna noodles.

Preparation time: 25 minutes. Baking time: 30 minutes. Can be made ahead? Yes. Assemble, cover with foil or plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to bake. Can be frozen? Yes, after cooking. Cool first, and wrap in foil or plastic. Partially defrost and heat in the oven or microwave. Can be doubled? Yes. Use two pans. Good for leftovers? Yes. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave or in the oven. 32-oz. jar tomato sauce 15-oz. carton ricotta or cottage cheese 8-oz. package shredded mozzarella cheese 8-oz. package no-boil lasagna noodles 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Open all containers of ingredients. Line bottom of prepared pan with a layer of noodles. Spread one third of the sauce, sprinkle with half the ricotta, and top it with half the mozzarella. Spread the ingredients all the way to the edges of the pan. Add a layer of noodles to cover the cheeses. Repeat the layers, using one-third of the sauce and the remaining ricotta and mozzarella. Top with more noodles and the remaining sauce, and sprinkle the top with the Parmesan cheese.

By hand or in bowl of an electric mixer, beat sugar, Bisquick, eggs, cream, and peanut butter until mixture is fluffy. This will take about 1 minute in electric mixer and longer by hand. Pour and scrape batter into pie plate and bake for about 35 minutes, until puffed and dried in the center and a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove pie from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips on top. As soon as they melt, spread them over top with a rubber scraper or spatula. Sprinkle chopped peanuts on top. Let pie cool completely before serving. Serves 8.